Han Lingxi peeked down and saw a simply dressed woman standing in front of Su Shimin. Although her clothes were not fancy, she was obviously not a palace maid. She did not say a word in the face of Su Shimin's accusations.
"This dress was personally bestowed upon you by the Empress. Do you know the consequences of soiling it? If you kneel down and apologize to me, I will let you go."
Su Shimin said arrogantly.
Han Lingxi knew that Su Shimin was domineering, but she always appeared virtuous in front of others. She never expected Su Shimin to be so unscrupulous. Did she think that no one was around?
"Su Shimin, don't be so arrogant. How could our princess possibly kneel before you?"
The palace maid beside the woman spoke angrily to Su Shimin.
Han Lingxi was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the woman was actually a princess. How could Su Shimin have such audacity to question a princess? Before Han Lingxi could figure it out, Su Shimin gave the answer.
"Princess? What kind of princess is she? If it weren't for the Northern Wei needing someone to marry into the Tartars in the north, do you think she would have left the Cold Palace?"
Su Shimin smiled sarcastically, her face showing contempt.
The palace maid who had just stood up for the princess turned red with anger, looking furious. However, Han Lingxi felt that the maid's performance was too clumsy. Her words just now seemed to be provoking Su Shimin, and she was probably sent by one of the concubines in the palace to Princess Jiade's side.
She shouldn't be Princess Jiade yet. The title of Jiade was given to her before her marriage. She probably doesn't even have a name yet, as she was just brought out of the Cold Palace.
Han Lingxi remembered this person from her past life; she was a woman who could influence the course of the world.
Princess Jiade was born to a palace maid who concealed her pregnancy until she gave birth to Jiade, hoping to rise to power by having given birth to a royal heir. However, the harem was not an easy place to survive. When the Empress found out that she had given birth to a princess, she sent the palace maid and the newborn Jiade to the Cold Palace on a flimsy pretext. The Emperor turned a blind eye to the matter.
This demonstrates the immense power of the Su family, a powerful clan, which even made the Emperor wary and hesitant to overly contradict the Empress's decisions.
Jiade grew up in the cold palace until she was sixteen years old, and no one cared about her until the emperor needed a princess to go to the north to make peace with the Tartars. Only then did he remember her and bring her out of the cold palace.
She is considered a woman who could change the course of the world because she played a significant role in the attack on Northern Wei by Southern Qin. Perhaps harboring resentment towards the Northern Wei royal family, she not only failed to help Northern Wei but also took advantage of their misfortune to join Southern Qin in attacking Northern Wei.
Princess Jiade was sent to the north for a political marriage, and surprisingly, as an outsider, she gained the favor of the Tartar leader. Her intelligence and decisiveness even earned her a place in politics. A woman like her must have no shortage of cunning and scheming.
When the Southern Qin attacked the Northern Wei, the Northern Wei promised to give the Tartars enough food and cloth. As long as they did not disturb the border, the Northern Wei was willing to exchange horses with them at a price 20% higher than usual. The Tartar leader really liked Princess Jiade and agreed because she came from the Northern Wei.
However, Princess Jiade opposed the cooperation and personally negotiated terms with the Crown Prince of Southern Qin, so that Southern Qin could join forces with Southern Qin to attack Northern Wei, which allowed Southern Qin to annex Northern Wei so smoothly.
The Tartars received a more generous reward and trusted Princess Jiade even more, believing that she no longer considered the Northern Wei as her home and truly belonged to the grasslands.
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